I have a 512GB deck and I was thinking of getting a 1TB microSD card to store and launch my games from. Would it be wiser to get a 1TB SSD instead?

  • efrenventura@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    That depends on how confortable you feel to open the Steamdeck. On my case I prefered to not mesa with that as the screws are very tiny and I am in a Country without support.

    So I bought the 512 gb versión on his launch and buy a 1 TB micro sd and honestly I never felt the need to change the SSD even with Dual Boot.

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      1 year ago

      The trick with the screws is to gradually back them out together, 1-2 turns at a time. All the YouTube videos tell you to take them out one at a time, but that’s poor technique. What happens is that the tension on each remaining screw increases as you remove them, and the necessary amount of torque significantly increases. It’s manageable if you have a perfect screwdriver bit, but if you don’t then the screw head strips out instead. By backing them all out gradually together, the tension remains evenly distributed across all of them.

      Notice that when people post, it’s always the “last screw” that happens to be stuck?